Wow. What a selfish idiot you are. You’re no better than the religious zealots who would deny us our rights. ”Always kick ’em when their down,” right? And I bet you believe youself to be civilized. Gotta love totalitarianism. Uncle Joe would be proud of you.

“I have concerns about the robustness of the protections for religious organisations that are being put in place with the best of intentions.”

And these are? Always with these concerns yet none of them seem willing to say what they actually are, or are based on. Maybe if they were then steps could be taken to address these possible concerns no? Or is it perhaps just that you don’t wish equal marriage to be allowed?

What a stupid comment. I’m not even going to waste my time explaing the difference between race and sexual orientation, it’s pretty self-evident. You must be really thick if you’re seriously comparing ethnicity and sexuality.

I think you’re channelling the spirit of a certain mustachioed Georgian by the name of Iosif Dzhugashvili.
Outlaw something ‘cos you don’t like it? You ought to be ashamed of that comment. Your’re no better the the Telegraph-reading dinosaurs who say gays should be imprisoned. Idiot.

This is just another nasty dog whistling story intended for Daily Mail reading bigots to ensure that they remain in their seige state. This is the third successive vicious Tory tale I see: do we have a trend? Surely not!

Now let’s see. The CoE bans hetero divorced from marriage. How many lawsuits have ensued since and been successful? NIL!

I blame Cameron, Miliband and Clegg for allowing this nonsense to fester. The announcement of the quadruple lock did nothing to assuage the bigots from what I’ve read. I can’t believe that the government would introduce such a measure without getting sound legal advice to counter and debunk Aiden O’Neill, QC’s legal opinion that there may well be loopholes to sue the CoE. I don’t know if the ECHR were contacted by the government to assess compliance with its regulations in the matter. If not, why not.

This is getting out of hand and nobody in government is addressing it. It needs immediate attention to shut these bigots up once and for all otherwise equal marriage will end up becoming the dog’s dinner one Labour MP alluded to recently and could fail because of the inaction by the government. Those waivering Tory MPs could well end up voting NO.

I think it’s ‘getting out of hand’ from the bigots’ perspective, which is why they’re ramping up their opposition…But the more they air their ridiculous ‘arguments’, the more opinion polls seem to swing in our favour…I suspect they see how utterly foolish they’ll look when their dire predictions fail to come to pass and the ‘institution of marriage’ fails to come crashing down. The only interesting questions now are which church Elton & David will choose to have their State Wedding in, and by how much GDP will increase as CPs are converted to marriages….

We should be making damn sure the church can discriminate in any way it likes when it comes to the services they provide without fear of being legally challenged. Churches should be free to refuse to marry anyone they like for any reason they like.

The reason? From our point of view it’s simple. Give them power and they’ll abuse it as they always have. Nothing will turn the younger generation off more than an organisation that won’t keep up with the times. Forcing them to keep up with the times is simply prolonging their time of influence.

That’s different because they’re acting as a charity or educator in those cases, so yes they have to obey anti-discrimination laws then. Same kind of idea with those B&B people who refused a gay couple a room, they’re running a business, so they have to operate with the same restrictions as any other regardless of their personal beliefs. But within the church premises, when they provide services like marriages or funerals or whatever, it’s better to let them discriminate. The more they do it the better because in today’s world there’s no way for them to hide their dated views from the public.

Makes you wonder on which planet this Tory cabinet member lives. This is all down to the fact that nothing is being done to counter this nonsense. Cameron needs to spell it out, loud and clear. Instead, these religious nutters persist in running rough-shod over the proposed legislation and nobody says a word. Gullible people end up believing this crap if those of the Hammond ilk repeat it enough times. Cameron needs to intervene and shut the tossers up once and for all.

It has been spelled out loud and clear. Just a couple of weeks ago Cameron was headlined as saying perhaps we have not made ourseleves sufficiently clear on this. Just what part of the quadruple lock do these people not get? Its all whistling in the wind because they know that the vote will go ahead and they are having their last moments in the limelight.

This is another nasty biggoted wing nut…just trying to be important, at least to himself…has to prove his existance someway…God knows he has no other abilities to justify his pay from the public purse…Just a F****** hatefilled blob of matter.

Another Tory tosspot who doesn’t understand the concept of EQUALITY. If HE were discriminated against in some way .. like being barred from using the House of Commons toilets because he’s an upper-class nob, would HE be happy being told, “But you can use the outside lavs”. It is DISCRIMINATION. It sets gay people apart. In a society where we’re all tax-paying equals (apart from all religious charities, that is) it’s just plain wrong.

Crap, Mr Hammond. I’m sure the laws are just as robust as the one that permit the church to refuse to make women bishops.

BUt I’m guessing you know that anyway. You’re just trying to make your opposition look all concerned when in actuality you’re a bigot who thinks we aren’t worthy of the privilege of marriage and should be happy treated as lesser to others. Disgusting.

Can you imagine if all divorced heteros were barred from marriage but forced to settle for a CP? Hammond would be among the first to cry foul. Thrice married Sir Roger Gale wouldn’t be a happy camper. It would force all of them to admit that CPs aren’t equal and aren’t marriages.

Dee, thank you for the link. I just emailed him. I’m not expecting a response but if I do, it will probably be similar to those I received from other opponents. Their minds were made up prior to the consultation. Religion is in the mix unfortunately.

Another good tactic is to write a letter to their local rag asking if their local MP represents them at all or will he be guided by what his irrational belief in elves tell him when voting in the House. God all mighty – he’s the Defence Secretary too!.

Church of England lawyers said Section 202 of Equality Act 2010 fine for protecting against legal action on CPs, and same will follow for all religions with marriage. CofE will need additional legal protections because part of its law is also state law, and the two are in conflict, hence they will need state law with overrides Canon law and disables their need to provide marriage to all who are eligible.

Look, these grey old hasbeens aren’t going to change the record Stop trying to debate with them. They don’t have a brain to debate with, and they don’t even understand the law as it is – civil partnerships do not confer all of the same benefits as a marriage. If Hammond doesn’t know this he shouldn’t even be in parliament. Gay people are in effect, subsidizing heterosexual marriages whether they are in a civil partnership or not! Tell Hammond to get his facts right!

Get off the cross, Hammond, we need the wood. It never ceases to amaze me how many politicians seem to believe that so-called “religious freedom” should take precedent over lgbt rights and equality. We were born gay. Were you born a Christian, Hammond? Right, so why are you more important?

“God made them male and female, for this reason shall man leave his father and mother and cleave to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh,” Genesis 2 v24 & Mark 10 v6. Marriage between a man and a woman has been around from the time of Adam & Eve the first couple on planet earth, it seems unatural to me.

I watched a youtube video the other day which surprised me Peirs Morgan said we should UP DATE yes that’s right up date the bible because it’s out of date, interesting, as the bible state woe unto any man who alters it, who does he think he is. JUDGMENT DAY WILL COME.